The Meaning Behind Your Piece
Sophelia & Co
The meaning behind your piece
We don't put words on our jewellery. We let the stone or the symbol say it instead. Every piece we make carries a birthstone, an evil eye, or a heart, chosen on purpose for someone specific.
Beautiful first. Meaningful second.
Made to outlast the moment.
Birthstone
I know you, and you're special to me.
Every month has its own stone, and its own story. Choosing one says you noticed exactly when someone was made.
Shop birthstone jewelleryEvil Eye
I'm looking out for you.
Worn for centuries as a mark of watching over someone. Give it to someone you worry about, or simply want to keep close.
Shop evil eye jewellery · Read our evil eye guideHeart
I love you.
Some things don't need translating. A heart says it the same way it always has.
Shop heart jewelleryEvery month, its own stone
Find yours, or theirs, below.
January
Garnet
Signifies
Love, protection & quiet confidence
Garnet has been exchanged as a keepsake since Victorian times, worn as a symbol of steady love, quiet confidence and protection through the year ahead.
Shop JanuaryFebruary
Amethyst
Signifies
Peace, wisdom & protection
Amethyst has been treasured since antiquity for its calming violet hue, traditionally given as a symbol of peace, wisdom and protection.
Shop FebruaryMarch
Aquamarine
Signifies
Inner peace, protection & clarity
Sailors once carried aquamarine for safe passage, and it has long been given as a symbol of inner peace, protection and clarity of mind.
Shop MarchApril
Diamond, or White Topaz
Signifies
Lasting love, strength & resilience
The hardest natural stone on earth, diamond has for centuries been the traditional emblem of lasting love, strength and resilience.
Shop AprilMay
Emerald
Signifies
Love, wisdom & abundance
Prized by ancient civilisations for its rich green, emerald has long been given as a symbol of love, wisdom and abundance.
Shop MayJune
Pearl, Moonstone & Alexandrite
Signifies
Purity, intuition & new beginnings
June's three birthstones, pearl, moonstone and alexandrite, have each been treasured as symbols of purity, intuition and new beginnings.
Shop JuneJuly
Ruby
Signifies
Love, courage & prosperity
Ruby's deep red has marked it out for centuries as a symbol of passionate love, courage and prosperity.
Shop JulyAugust
Peridot
Signifies
Strength, protection & happiness
Ancient Egyptians called peridot the 'gem of the sun,' and it has long been given as a token of strength, protection and happiness.
Shop AugustSeptember
Sapphire
Signifies
Wisdom, loyalty & inner peace
Worn by clergy and royalty alike for centuries, sapphire has long stood for wisdom, loyalty and inner peace.
Shop SeptemberOctober
Opal, Rose Quartz & Pink Tourmaline
Signifies
Hope, purity & gentle love
Opal has been called a symbol of hope and purity since ancient Rome, and opal, rose quartz and pink tourmaline are each given today as a gesture of gentle love.
Shop OctoberNovember
Citrine
Signifies
Joy, abundance & warmth
Named for its citrus glow, citrine has traditionally been given as a symbol of joy, abundance and warmth.
Shop NovemberDecember
Turquoise or Blue Topaz
Signifies
Protection, friendship & good fortune
One of the oldest gemstones known to history, turquoise has long been exchanged as a token of protection, friendship and good fortune.
Shop DecemberBeyond birthstones
Other symbols we carry, and what they signify.
Evil Eye
Signifies
I'm looking out for you
Worn for centuries across cultures from Mediterranean doorways to modern jewellery boxes, as a symbol of watching over the people we love.
Shop evil eye · Read our evil eye guideHeart
Signifies
I love you
The simplest symbol there is, worn for as long as jewellery has existed to say the three words it has always meant.
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